Aviation News

» Kalanithi Maran takes over as Chariman of SpiceJet, forms new board

To make space for the new board members, all four existing directors on the airline's board — B S Kansagra, Kishore Gupta, Mukkaram Jan and Vijay Kumar have resigned from company.  ... Read more

» New ground handling rules from Jan despite lobbying by airlines

The new policy will eliminate deployment of outsourced manpower and restrict the number of service providers operating at airports ... Read more

» WORLDHOTELS partners with Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members can collect miles at more than 450 hotels ... Read more

» Navi Mumbai Airport may get clearance this week

The CIDCO of Maharashtra last month submitted a revised draft of the project, addressing environmental concern raised by the ministry.  ... Read more

» IAAI demands commission at 5 percent from JetLite starting March 5, 2010, from others beginning December 1, 2010

Also, citing the High Court of Kerala, Oct 14 directive to the DGCA to rule within 2 months, the association has also asked all budget airlines plying the air space in India to start paying commission at 5% on gross fare within a month's notice i.e. wef December 1, 2010. ... Read more

» Indigo connects Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Chennai with new flights

With a launch of three new sectors including Ahmedabad to Chennai, Ahmedabad to Jaipur, and Jaipur to Chennai, IndiGo is now operating daily non-stop flights on these sectors. ... Read more

» Air India to introduces B777-200LR aircraft on Shanghai-India route

Air India will now operate non-stop direct services from Shanghai to Delhi and onwards to Mumbai with B777-200LR aircraft, replacing the current A330 aircraft. ... Read more

» China Airlines launches two daily services linking Taipei and Kaohsiung to Tokyo

CAL also launched three new round-trip services between Kaohsiung and Tokyo’s Narita International Airport on Monday, Thursday and Sunday (CI-102/CI-103), making travel between Japan and southern Taiwan more convenient. ... Read more

» Jet Airways and JetLite to shift domestic operations to T3 at Delhi’s IGI Airport on November 14, 2010

The Group is also developing DIAL’s Terminal 3 into one of its primary international hubs which enables Jet Airways, JetLite and Jet Airways Konnect to connect over 29 domestic destinations and over ten international destinations ... Read more

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